Sweat-pad for horse-collars



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J STRAUS. SWEAT PAD FOR HORSE UOLLARS.

.No. 313,963. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB STRAUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SWEAT-PAD FOR HORSE-(DOLLARS.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,963, dated March17, 1885. Application filed November 19, 1384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ACOB STRAUS, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSweat-Pads for Horse-Collars, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is aperspective view of my improved sweat-pad. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3is a transverse section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 arediagrams illustrating the manner of making my improved pad. Fig. 6 is amodification.

My invention relates to an improved pad; and it consists in features ofnovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the pad, which may be providedwith loops B, to receive the collar-straps, and straps C, to go aroundthe harnes, to hold the pad in place under the collar. The straps I haveshown are made fast by one end to the pad, and are slotted at the freeends, as shown at D, to receive buttons I); but any other suitable formof straps and fastenings may be used.

In making the pad the face and back are stitched together by a scam, I,extending all the way around. (See Fig. 4.) The next thing to be done isto make one or more slits or cuts, J, in the back, preferably one neareach end, as shown, and then the article is turned inside out throughmeans of the openings J, thus hiding the edge formed by the seam I, asshown in Fig. 5. The article is then quilted by a number of seams, L,thus forming pockets, as shown in Fig. 3, which are stuffed with hair orother suitable material, M,that is inserted through the openings J.

Iprefer to mix ground or pulverized alum, salt, or other healingmaterial with the stuffing before putting it into the pad,which is drawnout by the heat and dampness of the animals shoulders and acts to hardenor tan the skin of the shoulders and to heal any galls orsore places onthe horses shoulders. The hair could be saturated in alum-water.

My improved pad has a number of advan rages over the old forms ofsweat-pads, among whichare, first, the cheapness of its manufacture. Asthe seams are all made before stuffing, every stitch can be done bymachine, thus avoiding the slow, expensive, and tedious method of doingit by hand, or tufting, as it is called in the trade; second, thestuffing being done after the seams are all made, the hair or othermaterial is not caught by the stitches, and therefore a much moreelastic and uniform pad is produced; third,the stuffing not being caughtby the stitches, it can be moved or taken out from any desired point byan instrument inserted through the slots J, so as to form a depressionin the pad opposite any sore place there may be on the animalsshoulders; fourth,the alum or its equivalent mixed with the stuffingacts to heal and tan the animal s shoulders,as above men-' tioned;fifth, the pad, being turned after the outer seam, I, is made all aroundthe outer edge or periphery of the pad, has a smooth finishedappearance, no rough edge projecting.

Another form of fastening is shown in Fig. 6, where the strap 0 passestwice through a leather button. The strap fits down on the collar underthe hame, and is held there by the button, which cannot be pulledbetween the hame' and collar. The button can be adjusted on the strap tosuit.

I reserve the right to claim ina subsequent application the stuffing ofhair or other suitable material with which alum or its equivalent ismixed.

I claim as my invention- 7 1. A sweat-pad for horse-collars, stitchedall the way around before being turned, and having pockets to receivestuffing, which are formed by rows of stitches that do notpass throughthe stuffing of the pad, for the p'ur-'

